Thursday, November 29, 2007
Strigil
A strigil sounds painful and unappealing. It's actually a skin scraper which was used, according to my dictionary, by "ancients at bath". I actually have no idea what that really implies, but it doesn't sound like something I'd like to witness. Your meanings, however, were wonderful. Strigil is a word that evokes and encourages interesting meanings and I'm pleased our word imps came to the party on that one. Sadly, though, I can't put three names on the poll until the poll returns from its break. Vote by other means if you like. There were lots of good ones but I had to make a choice because the poll was kaput. I chose Magdalene. Well done, M. You made me laugh.
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We've all got at least one piece of strigil at home. It's a short length of string kept in a kitchen drawer for that useful moment. Unfortunately, it is always too short for the particular purpose in mind and gets put back in the drawer until the next time we need a piece of string.
Strigils cannot be bought, but can be easily made by cutting a useful bit of string shorter.
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A strigil (n.)is a candle-lit vigil with a diference - everyone ends up semi-clothed or in extreme cases, naked.
No-one is quite sure of the exact origins of the strigil, but it is beleived that it originated sometime in the late 40s from the arguments that took place between family members and friends of the deceased as they tried to determine who knew 'poor old Harold' best. Anyone who could not demonstrate superior knowledge of, for example, the way that Harold liked his eggs cooked, was required to remove an item of clothing as penitance for not having made an effort to know the dearly departed better.
A now obsolete poetically used form of "owlish", from Latin "strix", owl.
Strigils are the moving fronds on seaweed. Some are so small that they're invisible.
A strigil is a peculiar musical instrument from the woodwind section of an orchestra. It was very popular in the middle ages, but makers of strigils made them bigger and bigger until they were larger than the musician, and thus became obsolete as they couldn't be carried around any more.
Being 'on strigil', is the slang term adopted by nurses and midwives forced to do night shifts. The word is derived from a combination of vigil and struggling to stay awake.
I consider myself most fortunate in being an ex-strigiler
Strigil is a plant that if eaten by cats, makes them hyperactive.
If the equivalent were available for humans it would be a Class A drug.
Scaredy Cat
A strigil is a dance with 27 beats in the bar. It is particularly difficult to perform, and the task of coming up with a successful routine usually forms part of advanced choreographer's training.
It's an old joke amongst dancers that strigils can only really be danced well by three groups of three-legged triplets.
A strigil is the time spent watching a person trying to eat a piece of celery that cannot, in fact, be eaten.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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When a guy starts tickling a girl when they first start dating, as an "innocent" way of getting his hands on her, and she makes a show of protesting, fighting him off and giggling at the same time...that's known as a strigil.
(Does this sound dated? I think couples bypass this stage now.)
strigil (n)- that one string of melted mozzarella cheese on your food that, no matter how hard you try, will not end. No matter how hard you pull on it to try to break it, it just keeps going. You usually end up having to reach up and discreetly cut the strigil at some point, as otherwise it will never stop stretching.
i.e. It was her first date, and Julie was trying her best to make a good impression. However, her good impression was not helped by the huge strigil from her mozzarella stick that she yanked on desperately, trying to break, until she ended up having to grab his steak knife and chop it.
a crochet technique for finishing edges with fine fringe
" The Victorian shawl had a strigled hem."
A strigil is a dance done by by the swedish with strings all tied in a knot. They tie the string in a giant tangle and then they some how get on to their fingers . This dance is very similiar to what we call "the river dance" . Sadly this dance was introduced in the 1800 so it is quite ridiculous!
I know I spelled a whole lot of words wrong.
Filibeg is a transliteration from the Scottish Gaelic and literally means "little kilt."
A strigil is a musical instrument made out of food. A strigil is typically played by children under 4 years of age, and frequently ends up on floors and walls.
A Strigil is a musical flute like intrument that is used during a funeral march. It has a low mournful tone that pierces the gloom that accompanies grief.
" As the mourners proceeded to the grave site the sound of the Strigil puncuated the darkness of the day."
A strigil is one of those "more than my job's worth" sort of people who adhere strictly to the rules regardless of common sense.
Strigil n. (pronounced striggel). Quite simply a difficulty. As in "I had a strigil coming up with a new meaning."
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